Overall Green Forest fire alert in China on 28 Mar 2023 00:00 UTC

Event summary

This forest fire is expected to have a low humanitarian impact based on the magnitude and the affected population and their vulnerability.

GDACS ID	WF 1013060
Countries:	China
Start Date - Last detection*:	28 Mar 2023 - 28 Mar 2023
Duration (days):	0
People affected:	219 in the burned area
Burned area:	6339 ha
More Info:	Global Wildfire Information System

*(Last detection of the thermal anomaly of the fire)

GDACS Score

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29 Mar 06:00

Impact Timeline

ID	Alert color	GDACS Score	Population Affected	Burned Area (ha)	Last Update	Source
1		0.5	219	6339	29 Mar 2023 03:00	GWIS

Fires Joined

This event includes other close identified fires:

Exposed population

The forest fire happened in China , Province of Heilongjiang (population 39,022,690) . The nearest places are Tieli, Shangji, and Yichun.

CCI Land Cover

Radius	Population
10 km	4700 people
5 km	3600 people
2 km	2100 people
1 km	1300 people
Burned Area	<1000 people

Land Cover	area	Source
Settlement	1330 m2	GHSL

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Heilongjiang	China	39 million people

Affected populated places

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Tieli	Heilongjiang	China	City	110000 people	47 km
Shangji	Heilongjiang	China	City	-	60 km
Yichun	Heilongjiang	China	City	150000 people	75 km

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Critical infrastructure

Airports, ports, nuclear plants and hydrodams at risk, if affected, are listed below.

Airports

Name	IATA Code	Elevation (m)	Usage	Runway type	IFR	Runway Length (ft)	Distance
Yichun		223				0	69 km

Ports

Dams

Nuclear plants

More information

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